Now for an update of our previous post regarding the decision to strip Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador of his 2010 Tour de France title. Turns out the Spanish Tennis Federation doesn’t have much of a sense of humor as the organization has now filed suit against a French television station for running a sketch insinuating… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Performance Enhancing Drugs
Subscribe to Performance Enhancing Drugs RSS FeedContador stripped of 2010 Tour de France Victory, Schleck given Tour win
Posted in Cycling, Performance Enhancing DrugsAlberto Contador has been given a two year ban for positive test results according to worldwide reports . Disgraced former 2010 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was on Tuesday braced to piece together his future as a professional cyclist a day after being handed a two-year doping ban. Considered the most gifted racer of his generation, Contador was handed a two-year ban… Continue Reading
Lance Armstrong wins longest ride of his life: Federal Investigation Dropped
Posted in Cycling, Performance Enhancing DrugsLance Armstrong will take a metaphorical ride down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées today in celebration of the end to a federal probe into his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs and a host of other charges. The investigation into Lance is over, and there will be no charges period–case closed. U.S. Attorney André Birotte, Jr., said Armstrong and… Continue Reading
Barry Bonds appeals conviction
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsBarry Bonds has appealed his conviction for obstruction of justice. Bloomberg reports that the former San Francisco Giants outfielder filed a notice of appeal Dec. 21 in federal court in San Francisco. He was sentenced to probation instead of prison time on Dec. 16 and was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston to… Continue Reading
Olympic Athlete’s Male-Enhancement Nearly Cost Him His Career
Posted in Olympics, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Track & FieldLaShawn Merritt, the 25-year-old Olympic athlete once barred from competing due to an accidental doping scandal has now resurfaced, stronger, faster and wiser than ever. As Merritt gears up to compete in the 2012 London Games the New York Times profiled him and discussed what he learned after reflecting back on his embarrassing episode. What… Continue Reading
Dr. Anthony Galea Sentenced in Federal Court for HGH related offense
Posted in Baseball, Football, Performance Enhancing DrugsOn the same day that Barry Bonds was sentenced to a month of house arrest and two years probation for his part in obstructing the investigation into BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative) and the Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED) it peddled, a well respected but largely unknown Canadian doctor was sentenced three-thousand miles away in Federal Court… Continue Reading
Barry Bonds given 2 years probation
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing Drugs, SentencingToday Barry Bonds received a suspended sentence in federal court of two years probation with, a month of home confinement, 250 hours of community service and a $4,000 fine. This was for his role in giving evasive testimony before the grand jury investigating BALCO (Bay Area Labratory Cooperative). US District Judge Susan Illston stayed the… Continue Reading
Barry Bonds sentencing today in Federal Court
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Punishment, SentencingBarry Bonds will appear before U.S. District Judge Susan Illston today to learn his fate for his obstruction of justice conviction. Bonds’ sentencing range under the federal sentencing guidelines is 15-21 months. The government has filed papers with the court asking that he receive the bottom of the guideline range, 15 months, but that the sentence be… Continue Reading
Double Jeopardy: How Harsh is Too Harsh for Doping Bans?
Posted in Olympics, Performance Enhancing Drugsby Brittany Lyons Spokane, Washington–With the 2012 Olympics just around the corner, the pressure to keep dopers out of the contest is stronger than ever. In an effort to preserve the sanctity of the games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sought to ban from competition athletes who have been caught doping under a new… Continue Reading
A Retrial of Roger Clemens
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsJudge Reggie Walton did what judges are supposed to do when he ordered a retrial of Roger Clemens today–he followed the law. Clearly frustrated with prosecutor Steven Durham, Judge Walton said, he didn’t want to believe that experienced prosecutors willfully violated his pretrial orders when they played the tainted video evidence on day two of trial in… Continue Reading
Roger Clemens Attorneys File Motion to Dismiss Indictment
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsAttorneys for Roger Clemens filed a much expected Motion to Dismiss criminal charges after the mistrial declared by Judge Walton last month. Rusty Hardin’s motion states: On July 14, 2011, the sixth day of trial in this matter and the second day of testimony, the Government triggered double jeopardy by deliberately defying a pretrial order… Continue Reading
Lance Armstrong Attacks
Posted in Cycling, Performance Enhancing DrugsLance Armstrong has gone on the attack to salvage his reputation and to damage the credibility of the government’s investigation into his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs. A court document was filed last week by Armstrong’s lawyers naming Jeff Novitzky, a Food and Drug Administration special agent, throughout. The document asks the court for a hearing to… Continue Reading
Can Clemens be tried again after a mistrial?
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsJudge Walton declared a mistrial on Thursday after the government’s glaring mistake in showing a tape of Clemens’ testimony before congress that had inadmissible hearsay contained on the video. What is a mistrial? And, more to the point can Clemens be tried again? Yes Clemens can and probably will be tried again. His retrial will only be… Continue Reading
If the beer can don’t fit, must you acquit?
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsLester Munson with ESPN reports that opening statements in the Roger Clemens perjury trial are underway. Assistant United States Attorney, Steven Durham, showed the jury in his opening statement “yellowing cotton balls, needles and vials” which had been turned over to the Government from Brian McNamee, Clemens’ long time trainer. Durham told the jury that… Continue Reading
What jurors will be selected in the trial of Roger Clemens?
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsIf you were a high profile starting pitcher charged with perjury before Congress, or if you were an Assistant United States Attorney trying to convict a hall-of-fame pitcher with 7 Cy Young awards, what type of juror would you want to sit and hear your side of the case? As a prosecutor you certainly would have… Continue Reading
Reluctant government witness: Andy Pettitte
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsPotential jurors were screened Thursday before Judge Reggie Walton with questions from lawyers like: “is it a crime to lie to congress?” It will be after days of voir dire questions that will eventually yield a jury to hear the Roger Clemens case. Jury selection is expected to go into next week with a jury… Continue Reading
A Jury To Decide Roger Clemens’ Legal Fate
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsRoger Clemens and lawyer Rusty Hardin will be out of Texas and in Washington, DC, this week to begin the Rocket’s trial. A jury will decide Clemens’ fate legally and probably for Cooperstown as well. The first significant thing to happen is when the jurors will be read the indictment (PDF). Initial impressions are especially important in trials,… Continue Reading